Zone | Unwounded | Not enzyme treated | Enzyme treated |
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Surface | 1440 ± 175 | 1151 ± 133 | 2316 ± 209* |
Middle | 787 ± 160 | 866 ± 27 | 1097 ± 59* |
Deep | 646 ± 75 | 589 ± 16 | 960 ± 45* |
- Cartilage was treated with hyaluronidase and collagenase or left untreated and implanted subcutaneously into nude mice for 5 weeks. The number of vital cells were counted in a 150-mm broad band along both sides of the wound edges, as well as in unwounded control areas in surface, middle and deep zones. *P < 0.05 versus unwounded areas and non-enzyme-treated wound areas.